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Bermuda Commercial and General Advei*tiser and Recorder
ESTABLISHED 1828
VOL. XC-No. 98
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 1917
SINGLE COPT 2d. (or Cents)—26s.PER ANNUM
Brilliant British and French Attacks.
Canadians make their ground Sure.
THEWAR
CAPTURE OF LANGEMARCK.
Hill 70 Firmly Secured.
DISPOSITION OF CAPTURED GERMAN
COLONIES.
BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS
STILL GAINING GROUND.
London, Aug. 16.—British and
French troops attacking on a 9-mile
front east and north-east of Ypres
today gained all their objectives, except on the right flank. The French
drove the Germans from between the
Yser Canal and Martjevaart and
captured the bridgehead of Drei-
grachten. The official from British
headquarters in France to-night, follows: The Allied attacks delivered
early in the morning on a front of
nine miles north of the Ypres-Menin
road have been continued during the
day in the face of strong enemy resistance. On the left the French troops
advancing on both sides of the Zuyds-
choote-Dixmude road drove the enemy from the tongue of and between
the Yser Canal and Vartjevaart and
grachten. In the centre the British
troops rapidly captured their first
objectives and continuing their advance carried the village of Lange-
marck after heavy fighting. They
then forced their way forward for a
distance of half a mile beyond the
village and established themselves in
the German trench system which
constituted their final objective for
the day. On our right there has been
fierce and continuous fighting since
the early morning for the possession
of the high ground north of the Menin
road. The enemy disputed our advance with detercmination, counter
attacking with large forces. As the
result of the counter attacks the
enemy succeeded during the afternoon
at great cost in pressing back our
troops in this area from part of the
ground won earUer in the day. This
evening further counter attacks in
this neighbourhood were broken up
by our artillery fire. The number of
prisoners taken by the Allies in the
course of this attack cannot yet be
ascertained but over 1800 including 38
officers already have been brought in.
A few German guns were also captured. Our troops made further progress
this afternoon east of Loos. The
number of prisoners we captured on
this front since the opening of our
attack yesterday now totals 896 including 22 officers.
STRAIGHT TALK BY
COL. ROOSEVELT.
New York, Aug. 16.— 'Until the
United States has placed 5,000,000
men in the fighting line we will have
no right to consider ourselves as standing level with Canada in this fight
for democracy," was the declaration
of Theodore Roosevelt at a reception
given by the Chamber of Commerce
to Elihu Root, special commissioner
to Russia yesterday afternoon. "Let
us pull up abreast of our valiant
cousins of the Dominion by placing
American soldiers in masses on whichever front they are most needed,"
Col. Roosevelt continued, "and kt
there be no slackening of onr efforts
until the cause for which our Allies
have been fighting for three years is
won beyond peradYenture."
DUTCH PROTEST.
The Hague, Aug. 16.—Official announcement was made today that
the Netherlands Minister at Berlin
had been instructed to protest seriously to the German Foreign Office
against the violation on Aug. 7th of
Dutch territorial waters by German
airplanes and torpedo boats of the
Scheldt.
GREAT HAUL(?) 3
Amsterdam, Aug, 15.—According to
the Taeglische Rundschau of Berlin
the booty captured by the Germans
up to July 26 includes 12,156 cannon
1,655,000 rifles, 8,352 machine guns,
2,298 aeroplanes, 186 balloons and
three airships.
INCREASE IN SUPPLIES.
London, Aug. 16.—Mr. Lloyd
George speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon said that this time
last year the wheat in this country
amounted to 6,480,000 quarters and
that now it is 8,500,000 quarters. The
stock of oats and barley he declared
also was higher. There had been a
considerable saving in bread consumption and owing to the close miller and
food economy there had been an addition to the wheat stock of 70,000
quarters per week. A quarter is
equivalent to 480 pounds. Mr. Lloyd
George said the acreage under cultivation showed an increase of one
million acres. If the harvest weather
was good the condition of food supplies was very satisfactory. There
had been an increase in the sugar
■ reserve. The government has come to
the conclusion "that with reasonable
economy there is no chance of starving England out." The Admiralty
plans for dealing with submarines have
been increasingly successful. The
Premier said that in the single month
of April 560,000 gross tons of shipping
were lost through Teuton submarines.
In July the tonnage lost went down
to 320,000 gross tons. This month
there was a substantial improvement
over that of July. The net losses since
the commencement of Germany's
unrestricted submarine warfare was
under 350,000 tons a month. Mr.
Lloyd George said that in the first
six months of this year the new
tonnage built was 484,000 while in
the last six months, including purchases the new tonnage would be 1,424,-
000. A considerable addition had been
made in the programme of naval construction. With the co-operation of
America there would be sufficient
tonnage for all of 1918 and if necessary 1919. Although tonnage had
decreased during the la.t year, he
* added, more goods had been carried
overseas. Mr. Noel Billing asked
whether Mr. Lloyd George cou'd give
assurance that in the event of a
"social, military or political crisis"
during the recess, steps would be taken to re-assemble ParUament, Mr.
Boar Law replied affirmativsry. Mr.
Billing asked whether parUament
would be re-assembled in the event
of an armistice. "I should consider
an armistice a ^crisis," tbe Chancellor
repUed
MRS. PANKHURST ARR STED.
London, Aug. 16.—A despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from Melbourne, says that Mrs. EmeUne Pank-
hurst, the suffragette, while attempting
to make a speech at Adelaide fought
the poUce and was arrested. Assemblages in pariament precincts are
prohibited.
WARNING TO GERMANY.
Copenhagen, Aug. 16.—Gen. Von
Ardenne, military critic of the Berlin
Tageblatt, warns the German military
leaders that they must bestir themselves to find some strategic or tactical means of winning a decisive victory on the western front and of
defeating England, the soul of the
hostile coalition on land. Otherwise,
he says, there is no hope of bringing
the war to an honourable end for
Germany. German leadership, Gen.
Ardenne maintains, always has been
able to direct the campaign into new
courses when stagnation threatened
and, he adds, that the Germans are
entitled to believe that methods wffl
be found to force mighty England
through battles on land to seek peace.
The mflitary critic intimates tMs
might be done by an attempt to overwhelm th'*; French army which'he assumes, is weakened and discouraged,
before the arrival of American assistance which, he says, would leave
England isolated.
ALL HOPE TO RETAKE HILL 70
ABANDONED.
Canadian Headquarters in France,
Aug. 16—The taking of Hill 70
stirred the German higher command as
nothing else has done on this front.
Prince Rupprecht has made frantic
efforts to recapture the lost positions
and a grim battle was waged through
the day particularly on and around
HiU 70. Ten times the enemy came
on but they seldom got close enough
for fighting with the bayonet or
bombs. Hour after hour these attacking troops, the Fourth Prussian
Guards, one of the elite Divisions of
the German army, were subjected to
a -Brightful concentrated fire from our
artiUery and machine guns. Their
losses were frightful. A veteran machine gun soldier tells of having had
as a target for an hour and a quarter
enemy reinforcements coming up in
columns of four for use in counter
attacks. He said, his men kflled
more Germans yesterday than they
had seen altogether at any previous
time. A prisoner said that the
ground over which his battahon had
advanced was thickly strewn with dead
The Seventh Prussian Division which
was in line when we attacked, no
longer exists. Their losses during the
several days prior to the assault were
very serious. Our guns so steadily
swept their positions that ration parties refused to go up and the men
in the trenches remained unfed. The
total number of prisoners is considerably over 400 now. The counter
attacks ceased shortly aft a: dark
and our men slept on the ground they
had won and maintained during eighteen hours of constant struggle against
ths best of Germany. The losses can
still be spoken of as moderate though
the driving off of counter attacks is
often more costly than the original
action. All hope that the enemy may
have had of recovering Hill 70 was
quenched late this (Thursday) afternoon when an assaulting column of
Manitobans and British Columbians
by a gaUant attack drove the Germans
who clung to the eastward slopes of
the Hill, back seven hundred yards on
a front of over a thousand yards. The
enemy is now down in a hollow with
our troops overlooking his positions.
The assault was the most impetuous
charge I have yet seen. Despite a
heavy enemy barrage put down almost
as soon as our own indicating the
locaUty of the attack the first wave
went forward at the double. In less
than three minutes afterwards, prisoners they had taken, were seen running
back through the smoke towards our
trenches. They numbered between 80
and 90 and suffered some casualties
en route from their own guns. With
characteristic thoroughness the German engineers had mined some of the
chalk pits that formed the easterly
fimits of our advance and when it
was beUeved by the enemy that our
posts had settled down the chalk pits
were the scene of a tremendous explosion. It was very fine and the Boche
is probably still chucking but the
truth is, no one was hurt
DISPOSITION OF GERMAN
COLONIES.
London, Aug. 15—The question
of the future disposition of German
Colonies came up today in the House
of Commons during the discusaon of
the Colonial Office budget. Mr. Donald MacMaster, M.P. for Surrey N.W.
assured the government that British
Colonies would uniformly oppose restoring to Germany her Colonies in
the Pacific Ocean.' The Colonies, he
said, realized the danger of the German possessions. Canada knew that
Germany might have blown Vancouver
or Prince Rupert to atoms had the
German fleet not gone on other ventures off the coast of Chili. Mr.
Walter Hume Long said Canada did
not dogmatize regarding the future of
German colonies but desired the
Imperial Government to realize the
strength of their feelings not from a
desire of increased territory but, solely
from a desire that peace should be
such that it would make certain the
security of the Empire.
IMPORTANT INDICATIONS.
London, Aug. 15.—The Times says,
The Committee of Ministers appointed to consider the War Conferences
Resolution upon Imperial Preference
indicates that the Imperial government is coming to grips with the most
important after the war problem.
Imperial preference involves reconstruction of commercial treaties and
the question of tiie most favoured
nations treatment. In view of the
new committee's appointment, Imperial Unionists have decided to postpone action in denunciation of the
"favoured nation clause."
PUERTO RICAN NEWS.
San Joan, P.R., Aug. 15.—Puerto
Rica art present is more generally
prosperous perhaps than ever before.
Governor Yager told the Ninth Porto
Kican Legislature in his address today. It is the first legislature to be
elected wholly by the people under
the new Jones Act. Exports are
greater in volume and value and there
is a greater abundance of money in
circulation than ever before, the Governor said. Prices of many of the
chief necessities of life he added, have
been kept lower than in many larger
countries "better prepared for such a
crisis than Porto Rico" on account of
the efficient activities of the Food
Commission. Attention was caned
to the provision in the new Organic
Act that "no bill except the Budget
introduced le either 1- use of the
Legislature after the first forty days
of the seassion shall become a law."
The forty days will expire late in
September. The loss of revenue to
the insular Government through the
prohibition amendment is estimated
at from $1,250,000 to $1,500,00.
For the replacement of the major
part of this the Governor makes the
foUowing recommendations.: A moderate increase in the income tax estimated to yield $300,000. A modification of the laws to compel assessment of intangible assets in the list
of property to be taxed estimated to
yield between $200,000 and $300,000.
A tax upon admissions to places of
amusement. In addition the Governor suggests consideration of the following: Extension of the internal
revenue, taxes to include other articles of luxury such as pianos, phonographs, silks and jewelry. Extension of
the guarantee stamp law now applicable to cigars only to apply to stripped leaf tobacco "in such a way as to
yield a revenue and at the same time
safeguard stiU further the reputation
of Porto Rican tobacco." An additional tax on all classes of automobiles excepting trucks engaged in
transportation of freight and merchandise. Senor Barcelo, President of the
Unionist party was chosen president
of the Senate. Senor Jose Dediego
was re-elected speaker of the house.
A committee of five was appointed
to give a hearing to Senor Santiago
Iglesias, Socialist, who is contesting a
seat in the Senate.
7,000,000 EGGS HELD UP.
London, Aug. 16. According to
Dutch newspapers seven miflion eggs
destined for Germany have been held
up by the Authorities on the German
frontier says a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Co.
The Germans promised to pay for the
eggs in gold but at the last moment
they offered paper money which the
Dutch refused to accept.
CAPTURE OF LANGEMARCK.
London Aug. 16—Mr. Lloyd George
announced in the House of Commons
today that the troops of Field Marshal
Haig had captured Langemarck. The
Prem'er said that Field Marshal Haig
had telegraphed that 1800 prisoners
had been taken and that five guns
had been captured by noon today.
The Premier said: "Germany now
is barely able to hold her own, not
even that." In addition to capturing
Langemarck the British troops gained
ground at many points. Severe fighting is continuing with the result un
determined. The French, Mr. Lloyd
George added, had been operating
most effectively on the left where the
Canadians had auspicious success.
The Premier referred to Russia as
"one claw of the nippes temporarily
out of repair." Germany, he said,
had been beaten in several great battles with large losses when Russia
was practicaUy out of the campaign.
He asked, what might be anticipated
when Russia recovered and America
was reaUy in. America's ;roops had
been marching through the streets,
symbols of b.2r resolute entry into
the struggle. This was the hour,
Mr. Lloyd George added, of Ger
many's difficulties. Mr. Lloyd George
read a mesage from Field Marshal
Haig about the fighting in Flanders,
and continued: "This is the supreme
hour for patience, for courage, for
endurance, for hope for unity. Let
us go through this hour with a temper that will enable us to destroy
a great military despotism. Let us
go through this hour with the old
temper of our race so that next year
we shaU begin and then the world wul
begin to reap the fruits of our
valour."
LIQUIDATION OF GERMAN
BANK.
London, Aug. 16.—The Chinese
government a Reuter despatch from
Pekin says, is arranging for the promp
liquidation of the German Asiatic
bank. Five officials of the Foreign
Office have been appoint*! to take
over the accounts and cash here and
m the Shanghai, Canton, Tientsin and
Hankow branches. Chinese troops
have seized Austrian concessions in
Tientsin, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch and German and
Austrian shipping is being seized at
Canton, Amoy, Swato, Shanghai and
Nanking. The vessels include several
smaU warships.
000-
The Cambridge Local
Examination.
DECEMBER 1917.
ONE USE FOR 7,000,000 EGGS.
"Seven million eggs for Germany
arc held up by the Dutch," says the
cable. When they get good and rot-
ton we suggest that they be fired at
the various members of the Imperial
Staff, including a fair share for Bill
Hohenzollern.
This Kultur performance has been
staged to the Umit and if ever actors
merited rotten eggs the precious company of Divine Right artists are the
ones. With the whole world for audience they have put on the rottenest
show ever staged. Dowsing the leading actors in the fetid juice of overripe hen fruit would be none too good
to suit public opinion and drowning
them in it would be an improvement.
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Rev- E. F. CIRCUIT, m.a.
Paget West.
They must be filled in and returned to him on or before
August 31, 1917. 18-8-17.378
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